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...British/western law? "The principle which allowed modifications of the common law (ie. laws of Britain) rules to suit local religious practices or customs also resulted in the regulation of Muslim persons in Singapore…In an early decision (Hawah v Daud (1827)) the Court…modified the common law rule under which a woman's property automatically became her husband's upon marriage since she no longer possessed capacity to hold property. …the court did not apply the common law rule so that, by Muslim law, she still retained the capacity to hold her own property instead of losing it to her husband…”
(Halsbury's Law of Singapore)
What would the women on R&S have wanted in those times?
(I'm asking historically. For 1,400 years a woman could own her own property, but relatively speaking western women only recently got this right.
(Halsbury's Law of Singapore)
What would the women on R&S have wanted in those times?
(I'm asking historically. For 1,400 years a woman could own her own property, but relatively speaking western women only recently got this right.